Monthly Archive: May 2021

Green Lake Monitoring – May 30, 2021

Secchi Depth: 2.3 meters, (7.5 feet)
Water Temp: 17.5 C,  (63.5 F)

Lake Water Quality is monitored weekly by Jeffrey Howard at East Green Lake from the T-dock near the Green Lake Community Center or from a boat at the deepest part of the lake. The weekly data are reported quarterly and uploaded to the King County Lakes website available here. Select “Green-1” and “View Data”. General lake information, water quality data, and reports are available here.

For continuous Green Lake Water Level and Temperature Gauge data tracked by King County, go to the King County Hydrologic Information Center website where you can search for both temperature (in C) and lake elevation. Here are instructions:
1. Click on either Water Temperature or State Only Gage to get a map of monitoring sites.
2. Click on the red dot at Green Lake.
3. Click on View Graph. (The graph is currently being updated to improve visibility.) More data selections are listed left of the graph.

Green Lake Monitoring – May 23, 2021

Secchi Depth: 2.4 meters, (7.9 feet)
Water Temp: 17.5 C,  (63.5 F)

Lake Water Quality is monitored weekly by Jeffrey Howard at East Green Lake from the T-dock near the Green Lake Community Center or from a boat at the deepest part of the lake. The weekly data are reported quarterly and uploaded to the King County Lakes website available here. Select “Green-1” and “View Data”. General lake information, water quality data, and reports are available here.

For continuous Green Lake Water Level and Temperature Gauge data tracked by King County, go to the King County Hydrologic Information Center website where you can search for both temperature (in C) and lake elevation. Here are instructions:
1. Click on either Water Temperature or State Only Gage to get a map of monitoring sites.
2. Click on the red dot at Green Lake.
3. Click on View Graph. (The graph is currently being updated to improve visibility.) More data selections are listed left of the graph.

Friends of Green Lake VIRTUAL MEETING Tuesday May 25, 2021



YOU’RE INVITED!  PLEASE JOIN OUR ZOOM MEETING AT 7 PM NEXT TUESDAY 

AGENDA:

  • Introductions
  • Homeless Encampment Status (Donna Waters, Seattle Parks)
  • Outer Path Project (Brock Howell)
  • Brazilian Elodea Survey Results (Rob Zisette)
  • Floating Wetland Project Update (Rob Zisette)
  • Lake Water Quality Monitoring (Jeff Howard)
  • Treasurer’s Report (Karen Schurr)
  • Other Business and Next Meeting Topics

Reminder – this meeting will be VIRTUAL – online via Zoom

Zoom Meeting Instructions:

Topic: Friends of Green Lake

Time: May 25, 2021 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Green Lake Monitoring – May 16, 2021

Secchi Depth: 2.2 meters, (7.2 feet)
Water Temp: 19.0 C,  (66.2 F)

Lake Water Quality is monitored weekly by Jeffrey Howard at East Green Lake from the T-dock near the Green Lake Community Center or from a boat at the deepest part of the lake. The weekly data are reported quarterly and uploaded to the King County Lakes website available here. Select “Green-1” and “View Data”. General lake information, water quality data, and reports are available here.

For continuous Green Lake Water Level and Temperature Gauge data tracked by King County, go to the King County Hydrologic Information Center website where you can search for both temperature (in C) and lake elevation. Here are instructions:
1. Click on either Water Temperature or State Only Gage to get a map of monitoring sites.
2. Click on the red dot at Green Lake.
3. Click on View Graph. (The graph is currently being updated to improve visibility.) More data selections are listed left of the graph.

Green Lake Monitoring – May 9, 2021

Secchi Depth: 3.0 meters, (9.8 feet)
Water Temp: 16.0 C,  (60.8 F)

Lake Water Quality is monitored weekly by Jeffrey Howard at East Green Lake from the T-dock near the Green Lake Community Center or from a boat at the deepest part of the lake. The weekly data are reported quarterly and uploaded to the King County Lakes website available here. Select “Green-1” and “View Data”. General lake information, water quality data, and reports are available here.

For continuous Green Lake Water Level and Temperature Gauge data tracked by King County, go to the King County Hydrologic Information Center website where you can search for both temperature (in C) and lake elevation. Here are instructions:
1. Click on either Water Temperature or State Only Gage to get a map of monitoring sites.
2. Click on the red dot at Green Lake.
3. Click on View Graph. (The graph is currently being updated to improve visibility.) More data selections are listed left of the graph.

Green Lake Stewards Work Party – May 8, 2021

Green Lake Work Party Saturday morning  May 8, 2021, 9AM to 11AM

Hello Stewards…

Happy May! Hope this email finds you well.

We are having a work party for 20 volunteers this coming Saturday, May 8th, from 9 am to 11am. As a FYI, the volunteer limit has been increased to 10 per forest steward. We initially had a sign in for 10 people, but that has been filled, so we added another work party for 5 sign up that should go live on Monday afternoon, 5/3. We will also be having private group with us who was connected to us through Green Seattle Partnership.

As usual:

If you arrive late, follow the Event signs to find the work site:

Date: May 8, 2021
Time: 9 am to 11 am
Meet: Beside the Aqua Theater at the east end of the Small Craft Center (5900 West Green Lake Way North)

Dress for the weather and the dirty work, wear close-toed shoes and bring a bottle of water.

Hope see you there!

Questions?
Dan Kujawinski (773) 629.2516 or danielkujawinski@gmail.com


Our mailing address is:

greenlakestewards@gmail.com

Green Lake Monitoring – May 2, 2021

Secchi Depth: 3.0 meters, (9.8 feet)
Water Temp: 15.0 C, (59.0 F)

Lake Water Quality is monitored weekly by Jeffrey Howard at East Green Lake from the T-dock near the Green Lake Community Center or from a boat at the deepest part of the lake. Today’s measurements are from a boat for the first time in over a year. The weekly data are reported quarterly and uploaded to the King County Lakes website available here. Select “Green-1” and “View Data”. General lake information, water quality data, and reports are available here.

For continuous Green Lake Water Level and Temperature Gauge data tracked by King County, go to the King County Hydrologic Information Center website where you can search for both temperature (in C) and lake elevation. Here are instructions:
1. Click on either Water Temperature or State Only Gage to get a map of monitoring sites.
2. Click on the red dot at Green Lake.
3. Click on View Graph. (The graph is currently being updated to improve visibility.) More data selections are listed left of the graph.